Flights to Gran Canaria, for example, fall from £63 to £36 for the 13th – a drop of 44%.

A spokesperson for Kayak said: “Flight prices are very much based on demand – when demand is up they rise and when it is down they fall. Our data, therefore, indicates that many are choosing not to travel on Friday the 13th.”

Another flight comparison website, Momondo, found that flights were as much as 16% cheaper flying this Friday compared with last Friday.

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BRAVE: If you're willing to fly on Friday the 13th you can expect bargain flights

The price of flights to Milan were down 30% – the largest difference discovered by the travel company.

If you're too scared to fly on "dooms day" you'll be interested to hear that it's actually marginally safer to fly on this date.

The average number of fatal aircraft crashes on Friday the 13th days is 0.067 per day, compared to a usual daily average of 0.091, according to a statistical analysis by the Aviation Safety Network, conducted in 2013.